Chicken sausage and red lentil soup

Serve steaming bowls of soup, rich with tomato, oregano and tasty bites of sausage, with crusty bread to mop up every last drop.

Recipe «Chicken sausage and red lentil soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 red onion, halved, thinly sliced, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 800ml water, 2 x 410g cans tomato puree , 210g red split lentils, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano , 3 Chicken Sausages, cut into 1cm-thick slices, 1/4 cup chopped fresh continental parsley, Crusty bread, to serve.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp olive oil 
• 1 red onion, halved, thinly sliced 
• 1 garlic clove, crushed 
• 800ml water 
• 2 x 410g cans tomato puree 
• 210g red split lentils 
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 
• 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano 
• 3 Chicken Sausages, cut into 1cm-thick slices 
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh continental parsley 
• Crusty bread, to serve 

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until onion softens.
2. Add the water, tomato puree, lentils, vinegar and oregano. Cover. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Uncover. Add the sausage. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 8-10 minutes or until sausage is cooked and lentils are tender. Stir in half the parsley.
3. Ladle soup among serving bowls. Top with remaining parsley. Serve with bread.